Climate averages 1991–2020
Tshilenge weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Tshilenge: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.9 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mwene (128 km away). In May its highs average 31.6°C, 2.1°C warmer than Tshilenge, with 3.6 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tshilenge ranks joint 32nd of 60 for the warmest May highs and joint 5th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Tshilenge is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.9 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Tshilenge climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 274 | 28.8 | 12.713 h |
| February | 26.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 245 | 25.3 | 12.512 h |
| March | 26.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 261 | 28.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 103 | 14.9 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 29.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 2.9 | 0.9 | 11.612 h |
| June | 29.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.511 h |
| July | 29.4°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| August | 31.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 32.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 24 | 5.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.9°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 112 | 19.7 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 233 | 27.3 | 12.613 h |
| December | 26.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 286 | 29.2 | 12.813 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Mwene in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 128 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Kolwezi in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 282 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Saurimo in MayAngola · 310 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 17.8°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Luena in MayAngola · 338 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 13.9°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Kamina in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 338 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Lucapa in MayAngola · 369 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Bukama in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 378 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Solwezi in MayZambia · 403 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.4°C · 3.2 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Tshilenge) is explained once on the Tshilenge year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.